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Chasing Earworms

Sometimes, there are pieces of music which grab you. Sometimes in a good way. Sometimes, not so good. Mostly they don't want to let you go.  Earworms , they're apparently called.  Burrowing into your auditory subconscious and causing you much frustration/bewilderment as you realise you've been humming the same piece of music for hours (days). During which time, your brain also becomes incapable of remembering any other piece of music exists.  The worst ones are those songs where you don't know their titles, who wrote/performed them, or even how to sing the tune out loud. How do you chase down earworms? Yes, there's an app for that. Several, in fact. But they don't always help. Sometimes, they give the wrong info. And don't get me started on the wordless tunes which are impossible to sing. One of my earliest experiences with solving an earworm was accidental. I had heard a piece of music I liked in the middle of a fan compilation of di